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Novelist; linguist; musician; astronomy, geology, & weather enthusiast; blogger; potter/sculptor; Doctor Who fanboy; dog lover. He/him, bi/queer and proud!
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Morality and happiness www.skeptophilia.com/2025/06/in-p...

Well, this is a troubling claim, but not for the reason he probably thinks www.skeptophilia.com/2025/06/send...

Trying to repair the damage done by a lie can be nearly impossible www.skeptophilia.com/2025/06/moon...

The lies of RFK Jr www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/mini...

The mystery of the solar corona www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/sund...

On queerness and invisibility www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/good...

Apparently Trump is bent out of shape because investors and other economics-watchers have coined a term -- "TACO" -- "Trump Always Chickens Out." He was asked about it in a press conference and got REALLY angry. I think we need to respond by inundating him with photographs of tacos.

The most inhospitable spot on Earth www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/dry-...

Is your house perpetually a mess? Well, this may be what's wrong www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/home...

The physics of tides www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/time...

A look at one of the most famous UFO abduction stories www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/a-ma...

It's the end of the world, if you noticed www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/apoc...

A look at one of the weirdest places in the world www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/the-...

Irish monks in Iceland, and the strange tale of St. Brendan the Navigator www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/monk...

New research on the origin of language www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/talk...

Can bad things happen to BAD people for a change?

The downside of the written word www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/the-...

AI and the creative landscape www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/the-...

The strange phenomenon of "liminal spaces" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/pass...

English as a patchwork quilt www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/borr...

The fun of scientific names. No, really www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/by-a...

The strange attraction of far-fetched explanations www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/the-...

Can girls have thirty dolls if they're a gift from Qatar?

Time travel hasn't been ruled out by physics -- but it leads to some bizarre possibilities www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/djin...

On being sure of yourself www.skeptophilia.com/2025/05/myst...